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Irish Army cannot become a tool of Israel?
Buddy, the Irish Army is about 7,800 people with no tanks, no combat aircraft, and a budget that wouldn’t buy the fuel for a week of Merkava operations. You could fit the entire active force into the parking lot of one Israeli base and still have room for the canteen.
Israel isn’t trying to use your army. Your army couldn’t be used for a toothpick. The only thing it might destroy is the idea that Ireland has a serious military.
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Lines from the Mahabharata section in my swipe file that I enjoy coming back to:
"Often the one who understands that he does nothing is the one who brings revolutionary change."
"In life, the choice is rarely between struggle and peace. It's between struggle and less struggle." — Ganga
"You don't stop crying when you stop the tears."
"Change doesn't bring sorrow, but it always brings pain. That's why we resist it. Yet change is nature's principle, and nature's product is joy. In the end, all change brings joy."
"Self-confidence is but a state of mind. And our state of mind is in our hands."
Drona: A warrior must know his limitations. Your eyes are your limitation.
Arjun: Not my eyes, Gurudev. Darkness is.
Drona: If you can't break a stone, is your hand the limitation, or the stone?
"Only the competent are tested. To teach patience to the rest."
"A person who accepts every challenge has no faith in himself. A confident person accepts challenges according to his plans."
"A man isn't made small or big by his tasks, but by his actions."
"Don't measure age by the years one has lived, but by the sacrifices one has made."
"One who feels only their own sorrow becomes weak and suffers. One who holds the world's suffering in their heart becomes strong."
"Karya ki safalta tab milti hai jab shareer chanchal ho aur mann sthir."
(Success comes when the body is restless and the mind is still.)
Draupadi to Karna: "Adharm mukut mein nahi, mukut ki laalsa mein basta hai. Kahin aapne apni laalsa ko kartavya ka naam toh nahi de diya?"
(Adharma doesn't live in the crown. It lives in the craving for it. Have you named your craving duty?)
Draupadi: The Pandavas didn't even protest Duryodhan's injustice? And you call them powerful?
Krishna: Those who protest aren't always powerful. Those who tolerate can be.
Draupadi: How is tolerating injustice powerful?
Krishna: When the heart is emptied of protest and anger, tolerance becomes the strength of dharma. Anger gives rise to revenge. Dharma gives rise to justice.
"Chhal ka aashay yadi dharm ho, toh chhal bhi dharm hai."
(If the intent behind deceit is dharma, then the deceit is dharma too.)
"Dharma is like the sun, ever bright, bringing the day. Love is like the moon, comforting, but it also brings darkness."
"Where there is struggle, there is no love. Where there is love, there is no struggle."
"Our dharma is to live at peace with humanity, with compassion. That is the root of dharma."
"Good behaviour isn't a way to future happiness. Good behaviour is happiness personified. The same goes for bad behaviour. Dharma isn't the means to happiness. Dharma is happiness itself."
"The thorn on the tree only protects the tree."
"Man believes he makes his own decisions. But one whose vision is clouded by emotion cannot. Those decisions are made by fate." — Vedvyas
"Sukh pehchanne ki vastu hai, praapt karne ki nahi."
(Joy is something you recognise, not something you acquire.)
"One who wishes for joy doesn't get it. One who knows joy does. If you know what joy means to you, you shall have it."
"Joy and contentment aren't places. They're paths. The path of joy leads to struggle. The path of contentment leads to peace." — Krishna
"Getting something isn't winning. And losing something isn't losing altogether."
"Sansaar = shram. Tapasya = vishraam."
(Worldliness is labour. Meditation is the only rest.)
"There are four kinds of friendship, in ascending order of value: those who spend time together for entertainment, those who create wealth together, those who plan for the welfare of society together, and those who search their souls together."
"When you accept a daughter, you'll be blessed with a son."
Jayostute retweeted
You've to be a special kind of chatukar to be able to see Mata Sita in Sai Pallavi & Prabhu Sri Ram in Ranbir Kapoor 🤷🏽♀️
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Some acts of courage become immortal in the pages of history. This Shaurya Diwas, we honour the soldiers whose bravery during the Kashmir conflict became a symbol of India's resilience. #ShauryaDiwas
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What is life?
• Buddha: It's impermanence.
• Mahavira: It's non-violence.
• Adi Shankara: It's an illusion.
• Ramana Maharshi: It's the Self.
• Patanjali: It's a restless mind to be stilled.
• Guru Nanak: It's One.
• Kabir: It's a bubble in water.
• Ramakrishna: It's Divine Mother's play.
• Vivekananda: It's strength.
• Abhinavagupta: It's recognition.
• Tiruvalluvar: It's virtue.
• Jiddhu K: It's observer being observed.
• Sri Aurobindo: It's evolution.
• Osho: It's a celebration.
• UG Krishnamutri: Nothing to understand.
• Alan Watts: It's a dance.
What is life?
• Dostoevsky: It’s hell.
• Socrates: It’s a test.
• Aristotle: It’s the mind.
• Nietzsche: It’s power.
• Freud: It’s death.
• Marx: It’s the idea.
• Picasso: It’s art.
• Gandhi: It’s love.
• Schopenhauer: It’s suffering.
• Steve Jobs: It’s faith.
• Einstein: It’s knowledge.
• Stephen Hawking: It’s hope.
• Kafka: It’s just the beginning.
Jayostute retweeted
You guys dont get it. Most sanghis are not sanghis. They just hate everything your ilk stands for.
In a way you revived Indian nationalism.
Which I think is a good thing.
Thank you.
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J. Prasad : Now, when you go and break a barricade, the chances of 10 or 20 more people in violation of a 163 are very high. Again, I'm not saying good, bad, indifferent. There can be people who might not be under your control. Who might not be in your control and who do things.
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Yet another Maharastrian dancer's Bharatanatyam arangetram. Wish these stories are broadcast far and wide to show how the art form has been so democratized that a young girl, from not so privilieged background from Kurla's Nehru Nagar could find a teacher, get on to the stage.
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Perfect Monday in Paris:
08:00 - Wake up to sirens outside
09:00 - Check the news. Another “mostly peaceful” protest planned for today
10:00 - Arrive at work, half the office is on strike
12:00 - Begin 4 hour lunch
16:00 - Discuss dangers of far-right politics with an African waiter who doesn't speak French
17:00 - Walk home, observe five Black teenagers borrowing clothes from the Louis Vuitton store
19:00 - Watch President Macron speech explaining that “moments like this test our commitment to democracy”
21:00 - Write an angry Twitter post that American accounts are spreading propaganda about France
22:30 - Fall asleep to the sound of police helicopters surrounding your neighborhood
Paris remains the most beautiful city in the world
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Deva >>> TM Krishna.
Deva was an unassuming honest man who came up in life after 40, with no connections or money, trusting only his talent. Made numerous devotional albums before cinema entry. Deva was a practicing Hindu, always appeared with a Thiruneeru and Kungumam. Never got due credits for his songs or awards he thoroughly deserved. His song was played at Singapore PM Nathan's state funeral, but not a single Tamil media covered it. Never once played his victim card even if he had every right to. Always dressed in traditional whites clothes as a cultured artist.
TMK is a pretentious rich privileged nepokid who was born with a platinum spoon. He misused the ethos of Carnatic music to sing tributes on EVR who had abuzed Lord Rama. TMK wanted discourse to get to a point where Rama is equalised with a palm tree or a dog. TMK moved courts against singing the full Vande Mataram. Also lobbied for an award named after MS amma who he anyway does not revere. Always tries to be in the limelight with constant media coverage from The Hindu. TMK Does not wear religious symbols, but wears black shirt and lungis to political concerts before singing eulogies on EVR in Abashruti.
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. Deva >>> TM Krishna.
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Yep, it’s an impressively expensive form of a Mexican standoff. Maybe the greatest marketer in the history of America, impressively bad at business and was only saved by his stupid reality show. He would have been bankrupted had it not been for The Apprentice. Instead, his brand gave him more lending capacity and he tied up banks who all were too scared to pull a thread because it all unravels. Easier to just keep floating the notes instead of the chaos that would ensue. Only other person in modern American politics to be able to sell as much bullshit as him was the communist Obama. Americans are impressively naive, and that’s not unique to either political tribe.
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🙏सुप्रभात🙏
सप्तमीचे दिवशी सप्तशृंगगडावरी हो।
तेथें तूं नांदसी भोवतें पुष्पें नानापरी हो।।
जाईजुई- शेवंती पूजा रेखियली बरवी हो।
भक्त संकटी पडतां झेलूनि घेसी वरचे वरी हो।।
उदो बोला उदो अंबा बाई माउलीचा हो
उदोकार गर्जती काय महिमा वर्णू तिचा हो ||
🙏🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🙏
Jayostute retweeted
पंचमीचे दिवशीं व्रत तें उपांगललिता हो ।
अर्घ्यपाद्यपूजनें तुजला भवानी रतविती हो ॥
रात्रीचे समयीं करिती जागरण हरिकथा हो ।
आनंदें प्रेम तें आलें सद्भावे क्रीडतां हो ॥ ५॥
उदो बोला उदो अंबाबाई माऊलीचा हो ।
उदोकारे गर्जती काय महिमा वर्णू तिचा हो ॥
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आज दिनांक 14 ऑक्टोबर 2026 शारदीय नवरात्र महोत्सव श्री शके 1948 ची आजची चतुर्थी तिथी आजच्या तिथीला करवीर निवासिनी महालक्ष्मी अर्थात आई अंबाबाई अष्टमातृकांसह महासरस्वती अर्थात भगवती कात्यायनीच्या रूपात सजली आहे.
महिषासुराचा संहार झाल्यावर सर्व देवांनी देवीकडे वरदान मागितले की पुन्हा ज्या वेळेला एखाद्या दानवाचा आम्हाला त्रास देईल त्यावेळेला तू आमच्या सहाय्यासाठी धावून ये. याच वरदानाला अनुसरून शुंभ आणि निशुंभ नावाच्या दैत्यानी उपद्रव माजवल्यानंतर सर्व देव गंगा किनारी एकत्र येऊन देवीचे स्तवन करू लागले त्यावेळेला देवी पार्वती त्या ठिकाणी आली तिने त्यांना विचारले की तुम्ही कोणाचे स्तवन करत आहात त्यावेळेला पार्वतीच्या शरीरातून महा सरस्वती प्रगट झाली जिने हातामध्ये घंटा त्रिशूल नांगर शंख मुसळ चक्र धनुष्य बाण आणि कमळ धारण केले होते अशा अप्रतिम सौंदर्य खाणी असलेल्या जगदंबेच्या प्रागट्यानंतर पार्वती काली रूपात प्रगट झाली त्यावेळेला देवीच्या या सौंदर्याचं वर्णन चंडमुंड नावाच्या दैत्यांनी शुंभनिशुंभाकडे केले आणि त्यांना सांगितले की तुम्ही या स्त्रीबरोबर विवाह केला पाहिजे त्याप्रमाणे त्या स्त्रीला अर्थात देवीला आणण्यासाठी असुरांनी दूताला पाठवले. देवीने त्याला उलट पावली निरोप घेऊन पाठवले की जो पुरुष मला युद्धात जिंकेल त्याच्याशी विवाह करेन असा माझा पण आहे त्याप्रमाणे माझा निरोप कळवा. दैत्यानी हा निरोप ऐकल्यावर धूम्रलोचन नावाच्या राक्षसाला पाठवले तो केवळ देवीच्या हुंकाराने भस्म झाला त्यानंतर चंडमुंडाला पाठवले या दोघांना भगवती कालीने अर्थात चामुंडेने यमसदनाला पाठवले. यानंतर रक्तबीज नावाचा राक्षस आला त्याच्या रक्ताच्या प्रत्येक थेंबातून नवीन राक्षस तयार होत होता म्हणून देवीच्या सहाय्यासाठी प्रत्येक देवाची शक्ती मूर्तीमंत रूप घेऊन आली ब्रह्माची ब्रम्हाणी शंकराची माहेश्वरी कार्तिकेयाची कौमारी, इंद्राची इंद्राणी नरसिंहाची नारसिंही वराहाची वाराही विष्णूची वैष्णवी आणि शिवदूती चामुंडा अशा आठमातृका युद्धाला आल्या शेवटी महाकालीच्या मदतीने महा सरस्वतीने त्याचा नाश केला त्यानंतर निशुंभ आला निशुंभाचा वध झाल्यावर तू एकटी स्त्री आहेस असं सांगितलं होतंस पण एवढ्या सगळ्या जणी घेऊन तो युद्ध करत आहेस त्यावेळेला देवीने या सगळ्या मातृकांना स्वतःमध्ये सामावून घेतले याच रूपात आज जगदंबेची पूजा साकारली आहे.
देवीचे हे स्वरूप कात्यायन ऋषींच्या आश्रमात प्रगट झाले म्हणून तिला कात्यायनी असे नाव मिळाले ही भगवती कामदुर्गा कात्यायनी भक्तांच्या इच्छा पूर्ण करो हीच तिच्या चरणी प्रार्थना
—— श्री मातृ चरणारविंदस्य दास प्रसन्न सशक्तिकः
लेखन- प्रसन्न मालेकर
image credit- @Abhishekkrushi
आज 13 ऑक्टोबर 2026 शारदीय नवरात्र महोत्सव श्री शके 1948 ची तृतीया तिथी नवरात्र महोत्सवाच्या आजच्या तिसऱ्या दिवशी करवीर निवासिनी श्री महालक्ष्मी अर्थात अंबाबाई दुर्गा सप्तशतीच्या अकराव्या अध्यायात जगदंबेने सांगितलेल्या आपल्या भीमादेवी नावाच्या रूपात नटली आहे.
भक्तांच्या रक्षणासाठी मारणारी देवी तर अनेक रूपात आपण पाहतो पण ऋषीमुनींच्या रक्षणासाठी चक्क असुरांना खाऊनच टाकणारी जगदंबा म्हणजे भीमादेवी. भीम याचा अर्थ उग्ररूप देवीने हा अवतार हिमाचलक्षेत्रामध्ये धारण केला ज्या वेळेला दैत्यांनी ऋषीमुनींना त्रास द्यायला सुरुवात केली त्यावेळेला त्यांच्या प्रार्थनेला प्रतिसाद देऊन जगदंबा उग्ररूपात प्रगट झाली. हातामध्ये चंद्रहास नावाचे खड्ग डमरू पानपात्र आणि असुराचे मस्तक धारण करणारी ही देवी नीलवर्णा अशी आहे. तिच्या सुळे दाढा बाहेर आलेल्या असून तिच्या मोठ्या डोळ्यांची शत्रूंना भीती वाटते.
अशीही भीमादेवी कालरात्री एकवीरा अशा नावांनी प्रसिद्ध असून भक्तांच्या इच्छा पूर्ण करणारी देवी म्हणून तिची प्रसिद्धी आहे.
अशी ही कामदा सर्व भक्तांच्या इच्छा पूर्ण करो हीच तिच्या चरणी प्रार्थना
—— श्री मातृ चरणारविंदस्य दास प्रसन्न सशक्तिकः
लेखन- प्रसन्न मालेकर
image credit- @Abhishekkrushi
